I'm using my HD500x in Pedalboard mode with different effects assigned to each of the 8 foot switches. I would like to assign WAH and VOLUME to the Expression pedals, EXP 1 and EXP 2, but cannot figure out how to do that. I can take one of the FS and change it to WAH and then change the assignment to EXP 1, but then I lose the effect I had on that FS.

I feel like this should be easy to do, but I just can't figure it out for some reason. What am I missing here?

I use mine like that all the time with no issues. Are you using HD Edit to assign your FS and pedals? I find that to be the easiest way in the controllers tab.

In the controllers tab select the Wah and assign the FS you want and also assign the parameters to the Exp pedal.

If you already have FX assigned to all 8 FS, you can assign the Wah to the toe switch for the pedal so you don't interfere with any of the other settings.

Another option I like to do is keep the Wah ON all the time by assigning both MIX and POSITION to the Exp pedal. Set MIX 21-62 and POSITION 0-100. In the minimum position you won't hear any Wah effect but as you press down it comes on as it should like a Bad Horsie. You never have to turn the Wah off this way.

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Yes, you can reassign FS8 to whatever FX you wish. Once you have assigned the Toe Switch to the WAH that's how you turn the Wah on/off. The thing you have to remember is that when you depress the Toe Switch it ALSO switches the active EXP pedal.

Here's a common confusing scenario:

- the WAH FX is in the signal chain but is currently OFF

- the EXP pedal is currently set to EXP-1

- you assign the Toe Switch to the Wah

- you assign the Wah controller to be EXP-1

Now you use the Toe Switch to activate the WAH. You move the EXP pedal, but it seems to have no effect on the WAH FX. You can tell that the WAH is on, but it is not responding to the pedal. What's going on??

What's going on is that the active EXP pedal is now EXP-2, which is not assigned to the WAH. The pedal switch occurred when you turned the WAH on using the Toe Switch.

What to do? In the above scenario you need to anticipate that the EXP pedal will switch when you use the Toe Switch, so you need to assign the WAH to EXP-2.

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Great question. Yes, you have to SAVE the preset in a specific state with the correct combination of FX on/off, Toe Switch assignments to both WAH and VOL, and the correct EXP pedal active to match the other assignments. They all work together. A little practice and trial and you'll have it nailed.

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Well it works, but not the way I would like it to. I can get the Wah or the volume or the Reverb (as FS8) to work, but not all three. I assign them to their respective switches, but when I try to assign another one, I lose the setting of the one I just did. I tried it in both HD500x Edit and directly on the HD500x.

To review - In pedalboard mode, I would like FS1-8 to be effects, EXP-1 to be Volume and EXP-2 to be Wah.

If you have a few spare minutes, could you step me through how to do this?

Thanks! (In the meantime, I'll keep messing around and see if I can get it to stick.)

first, if you have 8 effects already assigned to the FS, how do you have any blocks left over for wah and volume??

so the most you can have is 6 FX, a wah and a volume. Set the FX to FS1-6. Then make sure your wah is OFF and your volume is ON. Go to the controllers tab and select the volume pedal. Select TOE SW and assign it to EXP 1. Go to the wah and select TOE SW and assign it to EXP 2. Save your patch to the computer and SEND it to your POD.

(NOTE - do not touch any switches or knobs on the POD while editing on the computer until you have SENT the patch to the POD)

Now all your effects are controlled by their respective FS and the volume is normally ON, pedal is EXP1. To select the wah, press down HARD on the toe switch and the wah will turn on and the pedal will become EXP 2. Press down HARD again on the toe switch to turn the wah OFF and switch back to the volume pedal.

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silverhead - Will that essentially give me 6 effects and VOL and WAH as radatats has stated? Or can I change the VOL and WAH in the signal chain back to effects once they are assigned to EXP-1 and EXP-2?

Also - thank you both for helping me today! It is very much appreciated!

OK - I probably should have been more clear at the beginning with what I wanted to do. Would have saved us all some time. Thanks again for everyone's time today! Very appreciative of helpful people like you!

I have been trying for untold hours to get 2 pedals programmed properly. I am referring to the pedal on the HD500X, and the LIne6 EX-1 pedal plugged into the pedal 2 jack with a stereo TRS male 1/4" plug on each end. I wanted to have volume on exp1 and wah on exp2, with the wah turned on and off with a fs button. I use setup #1 FSmode: FS5-8. It is beneficial for me to NOT use exp toe switch because I like to have a lot of volume headroom under my foot to get that Terry Kath feedback. If I have exp toe switch programmed, when the pedal goes all the way down to activate the wah, my overall volume is too loud.

I thank silverhead and ratatats for putting me on the right path.

1. I had issues because I was had my foot on a pedal while I was using the HD Editor on my computer while I was sending the selected patch. So don't touch anything on the HD500x while you are making pedal assignments on the computer editor.

2. After you finish programming, switch to another preset and then back to the one you just programmed.

3. If that darn pedal you are using on pedal 2 is not responding, unplug the pedal 2 cord, then plug it back. Check to see that it is now responding. Send the selected patch for saving again. Switch to another preset and then back to the one you just programmed.

I've only had my HD500X for a few days, still trying to feel my way around it. I've not gotten the pedal to control anything at all, at least not yet. I got the toeswitch to work, but not the pedal. After seeing all the posts about updating from Edit, I have a question. Is it the case that after you send the update from Edit, you have to change to another patch and back (on the unit) to reload the settings?

I've really learned quite a bit from the posts I've read. It looks like a nice community.

Or you can assign an amp's volume to exp1. Is that correct? The toe switch seems to complicate things. But it might be handy if you wanted to switch between volume and wah. And you really have to step on that toe switch.

Another option I like to do is keep the Wah ON all the time by assigning both MIX and POSITION to the Exp pedal. Set MIX 21-62 and POSITION 0-100. In the minimum position you won't hear any Wah effect but as you press down it comes on as it should like a Bad Horsie. You never have to turn the Wah off this way.

I have got most other issues under control so I wanted to come back to this excellent idea of not having to turn off the wah. I have wah ready to use on many of my patches by assigning an FS switch to turn it on and off. So, if I use your method, I sent mix 21-62. Does that setting only activate the wah when you are depressing the expression pedal past 21% toward the toe? So as long as the pedal is from heel to 21% of the travel distance, the wah will not be activated?